mr. leggett is setting this in motion, at least raising this as a topic of conversation. you, sir, i'm certain would be consulted if there was ever going to be a conversation about amnesty or a plea bargain with edward snowden. >> i think that's true, major. and i guess what i'm saying is -- >> reporter: can you rule it out forever that you would never consider it. >> i'm saying there's a difference between mr. leggett saying something and the president of the united states. >> reporter: given numerous opportunities, the president wouldn't rule out a future negotiation with snowden, that doesn't mean it's going to happen, scott, but it does mean the door remains open. >> pelley: major garrett, thank you. on the subject of his health care law president obama said today "obviously we screwed it up." but he noted that after a rocky start more than one million americans have enrolled for insurance. the administration also announced last night that it will make good on a broken promise for those people who had their insurance canceled because of the law's new standards. here's

mr. leggett saying something and the united states saying something.at's exactly right. >> chuck todd. >> thank you, mr. president. and merry christmas and happy new year. you talk about the issues with health care and rollout, there have been other issues, misinformation about people keeping policies and postponements, we have a new waiver that hhs announced last night. how do you expect americans to have confidence and certainty in this law if you keep changing it? this new waiver last night, you could argue you might as well delayed the mandate? >> no, that's not true. we're talking about a very specific population that received cancellation notices from insurance companies and majority of them are either keeping their old plan because the grandfather clause has been extended further or they are finding a better deal in the marketplace with better insurance or cheaper policies. but, there may still be a subset, a significantly smaller subset than some of the numbers that have been advertised that are still looking for options, still concerned about

mr. president. thank you. rick leggett, the head of the nasa task force on edward snowden told "60 minutes" it was, quote, worth having a conversation about granting edward snowden amnesty. under what circumstances would you consider, either a plea agreement or amnesty for edward snowden and what do you say for americans after possibly being alerted to the judge's decision, reading the panel recommendations, edward snowden set in motion something that was proper and just in this country about the surveillance and should not be considered by this government a criminal. >> i've got to be careful here, major, because mr. snowden is under indictment. he has been charged with crimes, and that is the province of the attorney general and ultimately a judge and a jury. so, i can't weigh in specifically on this case at this point. i'll try to see if i can get at the spirit of the question even if i can't talk about this specifically. i said before, and i believe that this is an important conversation we needed to have. i've also sa

mr. leggett said the it was his personal opinion. he is a top nsa official.what this goes to is the growing dred in the u.s. intelligence community that edward snowden indeed has more to disclose and that he has been holding on to a real -- they're calling it the crown jewels beyond the crown jewels. the real treasure trove of information that he might release in the coming weeks and months. they are really at a crossroads. they don't know how to deal with this, what to do about it. as long as he remains in moscow, they can't get their hands on him. so very quietly, it looks like this notion of amnesty being raised, it would be extraordinarily will controversial if it happened. >> it certainly would be. but in if in fact he has almost 2 million documents and only on released a few thousand so far, that is a huge issue for the u.s. national security community. we also learned, as you know, barbara, that the nsa went to great lengths to ensure snowden didn't leave behind a virus when he fled the united states. listen to this. >> all the machines that he had acc

mr. leggett saying something and the president of the united states saying something. >> reporter: thank you, mr. president. merry christmas and happy new year. you talked about the issue of health care but there have been other issues, misinformation about people keeping their policies, postponements, deadlines, new waiver hhs announced last night. how do you expect americans to have confidence and certainty in this law if you keep changing it? this one here, this new waiver last night, you could argue you might as well have delayed the mandate. >> well, no, that's not true. what we're talking about is a very specific population that received cancellation notices from insurance companies. the majority of them are either keeping their old plan because the grandfather clause has been extended further, or they're finding a better deal in the marketplace, with better insurance, cheaper costs. but there may still be a subset, a significantly smaller subset than some of the numbers that have been advertised, that are still looking for options, are still concerned about what they're going to be

mr. president. thank you. greg leggett, the head of the nsa task force on edward snowden, he told "60 minutes" quote we are having a conversation about granting edward snowden leniency. to what degree were you pleased he floated this trial balloon. what do you say to americans, sir, after possibly being alerted to john leon's decision earlier this week reading the panel recommendations, believe edward snowden set in motion something that is proper and just in this country about the scope of surveillance and should not be considered by this government a criminal? >> i've got to be careful here, major, because mr. snowden is under indictment. he's been charged with crimes, and that's the province of the attorney general and ultimately a judge and jury. i can't weigh in specifically on this case at this point. i'll make -- i'll try to see if i can get at the spirit of the question even if i can't talk about the specifics. i said before and i believe that this is an important conversation that we needed to have. i have also sa